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AFRICA, general remarks on its inhabitants, 87. — Laws of the
different tribes, 96, 173. — Africans, remarks on the religion
and manners of the, 93 — The appointment of their kings, 95. —
Almamy Abdulkader, war between him, Alikouri, and Damel, 126. —
Ambergrease, discovery of a remarkable lump of that substance found
at Goree, 28. — Animals, short account of the principal, on the
right bank of the Senegal, &c. 127, 154. — Ants, remarkable
account of, 48. — Apes, white, the most beautiful animals in
the world, 160. — Arabic, immense extent where that language
is spoken, 138. — Arabs, their character, manner of living,
trade, &c. 139. — Arguin, isle of, historical sketch of that
Dutch settlement, 23. — Arnaud, his revolutionary fanaticism in
destroying Free-town, 84. — Azounas, see _Arabs_.
Bagnous, sketch of their character, 47. — Baking, singular method
of, practised by the Moors, 15. — Balantes, character and customs
of those Negroes, 57. — Expedition of the Portuguese against it,
58. — Caution requisite in trading with them, ib. — Bambouk,
account of the kingdom of, richness of its gold-mines, &c. 170. —
Banions, see _Bagnions_. — Baol, extent of the kingdom of,
35. — Barra, interesting account of the kingdom of, 38. — His
authority, revenues, &c. 40. — Bats, curious account of them in
some parts of Africa, 47. — Beaver, captain, his laudable conduct
as governor of the isle of Bulam, 70. — Beauty, Moorish ideas
of, 132. — Biafares, their expulsion from the island of Bulam,
by the Bissagos, 67. — Bintan, present state of the village,
the residence of the emperor of Foigny, 46. — Population of the
Portuguese there, ib. — Bird, description of a curious sort at
Goree, 29. — Bissagos, archipelago of the, first discovered
by the French, its site, number, government, &c. 53. — Its
formation, 70. — Character of the natives, 53. — Their war
with the Biafares, 67. — Bissaux, the isle of, its discovery,
establishments, productions, &c. 60. — Religion, manners,
and customs of the inhabitants, 62. — Their mode of warfare,
64. — Account of the order of succession, 65. — Bizaur Mansare,
character of the Negro king, 71. — Blaiks, their general character,
99. — Much addicted to superstitious practices, 107. — Boat,
indifference of the inhabitants to the crocodile, 76. — Bondou,
arrival in the kingdom of, &c. 161. — Boufflers, M. account of
his interview with Damel at Senegal, 33. — Bourba, an amphibious
animal, account of the, 31. — Brack, king, interview with him
described, 123. — Bread-fruit tree in Africa, account of the,
90. — Brisson, M. de, account of his shipwreck on the coast of
Africa, his treatment by the Moors, 11. — Is transferred to a new
master, 19. — His dangerous encounter with two Moors, 20. —
His arrival at Morocco, and interview with the emperor, 21. —
His liberation, by order of the emperor of Morocco, departure for
France 23. — Brue, M. account of his dispute with Damel, 34. —
His reception on the isle of Cazegut, 54. — Buffoons, numerous
among the Negroes, 150. — Bulam, description of the island of,
its situation, extent, &c. 66. — Soil, productions, and trade,
68. — History of the English establishments formed there, ib. —
Bumbalon, description of this curious contrivance for conveying
orders, 63. — Bussi, remarks on the isle of, 56.
Cabo, remarks on the kingdom of, 70. — Cachaux, particulars of
the Portuguese colony of that name, its government, &c. 50. —
Cape, see _Cabo_. Cape Verd, its situation, directions to mariners
on approaching it, 26. — Casamanca, the, impediments to its
navigation, 49. — Casnabac, an island in the archipelago of
the Bissagos, 53. — Cayor, historical sketch of the country,
order of succession to the throne, 32. — Religion of the country,
33. — Superstition of the inhabitants, ibid. — Cazegut, account
of the isle, its fertility, &c. 54. — Dress and character of
the inhabitants, 56. Cereses, account of some singular tribes of
Negroes so called, 29. — Chastity, its relative value among
the Blacks, 105. — Chimpanzee, description of that animal,
92. — Circumcision, ceremonies attending the practice of, 93. —
Description of the performance of the operation, 165. — Cisterns,
account of two remarkable, in the isle of Arguin, 23. — Civet,
account of this animal, 154. — Costume of the sexes in Africa,
102. — Crocodiles, proof of the possibility of training them, 76.
Damel, dispute of that Negro king with M. Brue, 24. — Damel,
royal magnanimity of, to a vanquished enemy, 127. — Devoise,
M. his death, in consequence of cruel treatment, by the Moors,
18. — Diseases incident to the Moors, 136. — Durand, M. shipwreck
of, 177. — Duval, M. instance of his black perfidy and cruelty,
25. — Dwellings, manner of constructing them, their site, &c. 103.
Elephants, singular revenge of a, 77. — English, remarks on
their establishments on the Gambia, 43. — Their trade, 45. —
Their dispute with the king of Gereges, 46. — History of their
establishment in the isle of Bulam, 68.
Factories, English, account of those situated in Africa, 44. —
Fanaticism, revolutionary, disgraceful instance of French, 84. —
Felups, character of the, 42. — Articles of trade with them,
44. — Fertility of the soil in the vicinity of the Senegal,
127. — Fetiso, see _Hippopotamus_. — Fisheries, their
abundant produce on the coast near Portendick, 26. — Foigny,
short account of the kingdom of, 38. — Formosa, supposed to be
the residence of the gods of the Bissagos, 53. — Foulahs, the,
site of their country, remarks on the inhabitants, their manners,
&.c. 43. — Account of them, their religion, constitution, manners,
&c. 125. — Free-town, history of its establishment, 83. — French,
their establishments on the banks of the Gambia, 44.
Galam, general remarks on the voyage to, 169. — Diseases of the
country, &c. 170. — Galline, sketch of the isle, 53. — Gambia,
description of the river, its extent, navigation, &c. 36. — Its
discovery by the Normans, 37 — Kingdoms on its banks, ibid. —
History of its Establishments, 43. — Objects of trade on this
part of the coast, 45. — Gereges, account of the different
establishments formed in the village, 36. — Gesves, course and
extent of the river, its commercial advantages, 72. — Goli,
situation of the river, its trade, &c. 72. — Goree, remarks on
the passage to it from Europe, as well as the Senegal, 26. Dutch
origin of its name, 27. — Numerous contests respecting its
possession, ibid. — Extent of its commerce, ibid. — Productions
of the island, 30. — Goudnum, account of the town, its buildings,
manufactures, and trade, 20. — Guenala, remarks on the kingdom of,
and its inhabitants, 72. — Guiamala, description of the, 160. —
Gum, account of the tree which produces it, importance of the trade
with it, 139.
Hamet, Mocktar, entertainment given to him and his family, 141. —
Hippopotamus, account of this singular animal, 77. — Method of
hunting it, 79. — Hospitality, conduct of the Moors to those who
abuse it, 135. — Hospitality, English, interesting instance of,
178. — Hundreders, account of the, 86.
Idoles, account of the islands of, 75. — Incense, its abundance
in some parts of Africa, 157. — Interview with a Negro king
described, 151. — Iron, the staple article in trade with the
Africans, 120. — James, remarks on its inhabitants, their trade,
&c. 49. Joukakonda, remarkable on account of the English factory
there, 44. — Journey by land from isle St. Louis to Galam,
reasons for the tour, &c. 145. — Distance of the route, 163.
Knavery, specimen of reciprocal, 141.
Lajaille, M. de, his dangerous situation owing to the treachery
of the Bassantes, 59. — Lake, account of a singular, found on
the isle of Goree, 28. — Locusts, their ravages, are eaten by
the Africans, 122. — Los, its site, trade of this isle and its
vicinity, 76. — Louis, St. description of the isle, its climate,
soil, customs of the inhabitants, &c. 112 — 120.
Mahometans of Senegal, sketch of the tenets of their religion,
166. — Maldonado, Don Juan, description of his settlement near
Pasqua, 48. — Mandingos, the, origin of the name, manners,
customs, government, &c. 38. — Their religion, 39. — Their
method of manufacturing salt, 40. — Dress of both sexes, ib. —
Population 41. — Marabous of Armancour, remarks respecting the,
141. — Maroons, their laudable conduct at Sierra Leone, 86. —
Marriage, ceremonies attending it at isle St. Louis, 117. — Merine,
sketch of the kingdom, its productions, &c. 159. — Micheiry,
account of the tree of that name, 67. — Magador, arrival of the
captives at, remarks on the town, 21. — Moors, their barbarous and
cruel character on the coast of Africa, 10. — Specimen of their
cupidity, 11. — Instance of their pusillanimity, 14. — Insulting
manners of the women, 18. — Treatment of their European slaves,
ibid — Their dreadful retaliation of French perfidy and cruelty,
25. — Account of the different tribes on the right bank of the
Senegal, 129. — Specimen of their pride and ignorance, 132. —
Their trade, manufactures, agriculture, provisions, &c. 133. —
Manner of conducting warfare, 134. — Costume, 136. — Religion,
138. — Moors and Negroes, comparison between the, 173. — Morocco,
sketch of the city of, 21. — Remarks on the inhabitants, 22. —
Morocco, the emperor of, his ridiculous pretensions to learning,
&c. 21. — Musk, process for obtaining it, 154.
Negroes, their natural aversion to labour, 88. — Negroes, free,
contrasted with slaves, 99. — Negroes and Moors, comparison drawn
between the, 173. — Generosity of the former, 175. — Normans,
the first discoverers of the coast of Africa near the Gambia, 37.
Ordeal, mode of trial in Africa by, 106. — Ormond, his success in
commerce on the river of Sierra Leone, and tragical end, 81. —
Ounce, employment of that animal by the Persians for hunting,
155. — Oyster-shells, remarks relative to an inexhaustible quarry
of, 112.
Palm-wine, manner of obtaining it, its effect upon the constitution,
167. — Parroquet, account of a newly discovered species of,
128. — Pasqua, view of the country surrounding the village, its
productions, &c. 47. — Phenomenon, singular in the isle of Bissaux,
65. — Piracy, French, disgraceful account of, 55. — Pisania,
description of the English factory, commerce, &c. 44. — Portendick,
description of the bays of, its former commercial establishment,
24. — Struggles between the Dutch and French for its possession,
ib. — Its produce and trade, 26. — Portuguese in Africa,
general remarks on the, 41. — On their manners and commerce,
51. — Purrah, account of the institution so called, 97.
Rio-Grande, trade carried on by way of the, 73. — Royalty,
singular order of succession to, 65. — Rubault, his departure
from Isle St. Louis, to travel by land to Galam, 146. — Success
of his journey to Galam, 168. — Account of his murder, 169.
Salt, peculiar method of making it by the Mandingos, 40. —
Singular species of, an antedote against poison, 74. — Salt-pits
at Gandiolle, the, allotted for the dowry of the queen of Cayor,
31. — Salum, dominions of the king of, 35. — Salutation, curious
method of, 54. — Sea-horse, see _Hippopotamus_. — Senegal,
the, description of the bar of that river and its banks, 110. —
Senegal river, its course, distinction between it and the Niger,
121. — Serays, see _Cereses_. — Serpents, indifference of the
Negroes to them between Goree and Senegal, 30. — Sharp, Mr. G. his
establishment of a colony at Sierra Leone, 83. — Sidi Carachi,
account of his journey from isle St. Louis to Galam, 164. — Sierra
Leone, the river of, its discovery, 81. — Account of the different
establishments of Europeans in that quarter, 82. — Present state of
the English colony, 86. — Productions of the banks of the river,
89. — Animal productions, 91. — Sin, sketch of the kingdom,
35. — Slave-trade, ingenious remarks on the, 109.
Tamara, site of the isle, and productions, 75. — Tin, king,
his usurpation of the kingdom of Cayor, 149. — Travelling in
Africa, the difficulties of, described, 14. — Trollope, captain,
his generous treatment of some shipwrecked Frenchmen, 179.
Villages of the Negroes, description of the, 147, 153.
Wadelims, maimers, customs, &c. of the, 129. — Wedding, description
of a Moorish, 130.
Yolof, account of a revolution in, 148. — Brief remarks on the
character of, &c. 43, 122. — Youly, general remarks on the kingdom
of, 157.
Zapes, account of the different hordes called, 74.